It is news that proves beyond a shadow of a doubt there is no link, has never been a link and will never be a link between vaccines and autism.
The study by the University of Sydney reviewed available data from around the world – looking at seven sets of data involving more than 1.25 million children.
It found that there is no link between vaccination and the development of autism, or autism spectrum disorders.
The study by Associate Professor Guy Eslick definitively rules out a link between common vaccines for measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough and the development of autism.
The study’s author said he undertook the research after watching documentaries on the medical debate over autism.
“I thought, surely someone has put this data together. I searched; there was nothing,” Prof Eslick told News Limited.
Published in the medical journal Vaccine Prof Eslick said that the study shows “the decision to opt out of vaccination schedules needed to be urgently and properly evaluated.”
Associate Professor Eslick said to date there had been no quantitative data analysis of any relationship between autism, autism spectrum disorders and childhood vaccinations.
“Our review is the first to do so, and we found no statistical evidence to support this idea,” he said.